Accreditation and CLE Rules for California

All courses offered by the National Academy of Continuing Legal Education are approved for CLE credit in California. National Academy of Continuing Legal Education is an accredited provider in California, Provider #11481. You can find our CLE provider listing on the California Bar website at: http://members.calbar.ca.gov/search/cert_detail.aspx?PID=11481&SpecCode=. California attorneys must take 25 CLE credits per cycle, at least 12.5 of which must be deemed “Participatory.” Attorneys can earn all 25 hours with the National Academy of Continuing Legal Education. Our online platform satisfies the participatory requirement. Additionally, courses that are taken on Audio CD, DVD, or MP3 download can also be considered participatory if accompanied by a witness affirmation form.

Credit for participating in a CLE activity may not be earned forward from one compliance period to another.

Members are required to comply online under “My State Bar Profile” www.calbar.ca.gov by attesting under penalty of perjury that the member has complied with the education requirement or is exempt and the nature of the exemption. Attorneys who are unable to comply online must contact the State Bar’s Member Services Center (888)-800-3400.

Description

Easy access to information has many benefits. We are more informed, more aware and hopefully more knowledgeable about what is happening in our neighborhoods, our cities and around the world. And yet, our easy access to information can have a disabling effect on one of the country’s most venerable institutions—the legal process’ trial by jury. A juror’s ability to search for information on the court case he is sitting on raises serious questions about impartiality, courtroom control and the judiciousness of verdicts. In this exciting and timely CLE course, esteemed attorney Benjamin Brafman, Esq. will discuss the dangers of jurors who use Google and other search engines to conduct their own investigations and learn about a case on trial, defendants, prosecutors or the attorneys themselves. The course will explain what lawyers and judges need to know and how to deliver special instructions to juries.

Lecturer Bio

Benjamin Brafman, Esq.

Benjamin Brafman is the principal of Brafman & Associates, P.C. law firm located in Manhattan. Mr. Brafman’s firm specializes in criminal law with an emphasis on White Collar criminal defense.

Mr. Brafman, a former Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney’s Office, has been in private practice since 1980. Mr. Brafman is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and was selected by New York Magazine as the “Best Criminal Defense Lawyer in New York.” He is also the recipient of the “first” ever Clarence Darrow Award for Distinguished Practitioner by the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Mr. Brafman has represented a wide range of high-profile celebrities, business leaders, lawyers and professionals in major criminal cases throughout the country including most recently the NY Giants superstar Plaxico Burress and former IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

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